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Founded in 1989, we have grown from a
small group of friends to a happy ‘family’ of some 30 people of 14
nationalities and with ages ranging from 15 to over 80. Our
directors gently coax us to refine our pitch, watch our dynamics and improve
the general musical quality of our performances – but never forget that we
need to have fun too. We sing a wide range of music from classical
through folk to gospel and jazz. At
present, rehearsals are held on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in We
remember each other’s birthdays and hold joint parties several times a year. We
eagerly welcome anyone who can sing in tune and enjoys doing so. Right
now, we are particularly keen to find more tenors and basses - and sopranos
who can hit the top notes. If you’d just like to drop by and see what we get up
to, please ring me, Clare, on 344 181. I look forward to meeting you. SINGERS! Do
you like to sing? Can you do it in tune? Why not come along to the
International Singers’ first rehearsals of the season and see if you’d like
to join us? We start Tuesday 13th January 09 for the all-womens’ group and Wednesday 14th for the mixed
voice group. Both rehearsals are held at Santa Maria del Fener
(1st floor above the church) Andorra THE INTERNATIONAL SINGERS 2008 Report The Singers have had yet another roller coaster
year. On the positive side we’ve sung for the Day of the Sick, the Wedding
anniversaries at Meritxell and with other choirs at
the Auditorium in Ordino. We held our annual At
Home in the comu theatre of Escaldes
and, for the first time, gave a concert in the new theatre of That
concert saw one of the more dramatic ‘dips’ in the running of the choir. On
the Thursday before it, our co-director, Luc Sanchez emailed me that he felt
too unwell to play so, with a couple of days to spare, Robert Bailey, a
brilliant new young member of the choir, stepped in and, with just one
rehearsal, played for us. In all, our Christmas concerts raised about 800€
for charity. On
January 20th this year we celebrated the Singers’ 20th
anniversary with a party bursting with song at which we thanked our
co-directors/pianists Marc Pià and Luc-Olivier
Sanchez as well as our organizers Meritxell Farrero and Clare Allcard and
treasurer Maria Rosa Garrallà for all their hard
work. We also raised a glass to those founder members present: Brenda Ross,
Jean Axten, Jeanne Lodge, Hans Kiaer
and Clare Allcard. Partly
in honour of our anniversary, but more in acknowledgement of the tastes of
our new young members - we now have four under 24 - we plan to do some
fundraising to pay for new uniform tops. However, as you might imagine,
getting twenty-five women to agree on what the tops should look like is no
easy task. The
choir is now the largest I think it has ever been. Since January we have
welcomed singers from Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, America and Germany who
range in age from 15 to 60+. Sadly not one of them is a man. Please, we
really do need more men if we are to produce a full, rich, choir sound. At the
end of January a large group of us went to the Ordino
Auditorium to hear Marc Pià give a classical
recital and then, in February, nine of us went to Barcelona to watch Luc in a
brilliant two man show at the Capitol Theatre on the Rambles. With Luc treading the boards in Barcelona, we feel
extremely lucky to have the experienced musical director, Frona
Avery, rehearsing us for Luc’s part of our summer season when we will
probably give three concerts including our annual At Home with the Singers.
For the first time we plan to do part of the show in costume whilst singing a
medley from the musical Les Miserables. This
coming Friday week, 27th March at 9pm at St Esteve
Church, we expect to sing in a charity concert with the Petits
Cantors, Catherine Metayer’s adult choir, and the
choir of Escaldes-Engordany. The money raised will
go to an agricultural project in Regards Clare
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Anyone
interested in joining us do please contact either Clare Allcard
836269 and 344181 or Meritxell Farrero,
827 737 |
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